Well, choice number one was to choose to lobby the Congress and state legislators to believe in climate change instead of lobbying to cut funding of science. Choice number two was to believe scientists who said "we have a problem" and not protest at the city councils when things tried to change in small ways to reduce carbon output.

The problem is "viable and better alternative than what you want to replace" was not an option... and still isn't. There were (are) going to have to be changes in lifestyle, but they could've been small changes. In the past, we could've gotten a lot out of "drive less and build more public transit." But people wanted a zero-carbon personal car. That's essentially impossible even in today's technology, much less 30 years ago. Now the choices are to make even bigger changes, like having to be vegetarians because the price of meat is expected to rise so much.

The choices were plentiful offered over the last 30 years. Plenty of ways to reduce carbon. The options keep reducing. It is clear now that it will only be by force of nature, not government, that anything changes.

Who is Aristotle? :-)

The article you cite says, "Any of these seven cities are worthy of the title 'Music Capital of the World'..."
And number 2 on the list is Nashville, TN. So... by your own citation, yes, it is viable for the state to claim that title.

Right, but the tracking of all BMWs is (weirdly, in my opinion) not protected by the US Constitution. The tracking of everyone's media habits is explicitly protected under the First Amendment. Stopping this kind of overreach is why so many librarians across the USA over the last decade stopped saving information about who had previously checked out books and why some went so far as to stop tracking who currently had books checked out, relying on most people to be on their honor to return materials. This is gross overreach. Frankly, I think pulling all the BMW driving records should be equally off limits as it is effectively the modern equivalent of quartering in people's homes (Third Amendment): if you can see everywhere and react as if you were physically there, you have violated the reason that amendment exists even if you haven't violated the physicality of that amendment.

It busted the pad once. That was unexpected. The fault has been addressed. It didnâ(TM)t happen on the next two launches. The damage done by the rocks, while not trivial, is hardly destruction of the entire landscape. EPA does regular surveys of the site for compliance.

Exactly.

The output is water. Starship burns methane. Moreover, the outputs from even 1000 Falcon rockets (which burn kerosene) is dwarfed by the airline industry.

No one said it was operational yet for general activity. Yes, it might carry payloads on the next flight, but SpaceX acknowledges that there will still be several more test flights before itâ(TM)s doing what Falcon does.

These new rockets burn methane⦠their output is water.

Stroller for under age 5. Car seat per kid up to age 8 depending upon US state (not sure about overseas). If you're trying to avoid checking luggage, these common requirements pose challenges.

It is a good trick, but the tricky part is getting it shipped home. You can ship it to remote destination early since you still have your home stuff, but you need your bag there up to the last day.

Have you heard about this thing called AI that can filter large content into useful summaries...? :-)
Pretty soon, it's AI all the way down.

"All non-reusable bags are already banned." That is a subtly I had missed. Thanks.

Outdoor cats only. :-) My rescue strays get to come in to eat and rest, but no litter box.